Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Statement I:Mass communication supplies an inventory of public messages and allows for the monitoring of social values.
Statement II:In large-scale social settings, mass media will enable the integration of social institutions.
ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true ✓ Correct
BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false
CStatement I is true but Statement II is false
DStatement I is false but Statement II is true
Correct answer: (A) Both Statement I and Statement II are true
Explanation
The first claim stands because mass communication supplies an inventory of public messages and lets social values be monitored.
It keeps a running record of shared concerns and norms.
The second claim stands because in large-scale societies mass media enable the integration of social institutions.
Media link scattered institutions into a coordinated whole.
Both statements describe recognised social functions of mass communication.
Lasswell's correlation function underlies this integrating role.
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